Today I am posting a very special Bairisch (Bavarian German) lesson in honour of the glorious celebration of Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday (Der Fastnachtdienstag in German). I know, I know, I’m a bit late, but why should pancakes be limited to one day of the year? I made some today – in fact, I make them on a weekly basis now. Anyway, I love pancakes (Die Pfannkuchen in German), I love food, and I love Bairisch, so I thought – why not combine them to make a post? So this is your Bairisch lesson for today: I’m going to attempt to teach you, in Bairisch, how to make healthy pancakes.

The point of this lesson is to make you more familiar with Bairisch, recognise its connection to Hochdeutsch (standard German), and to introduce you to some food-related vocabulary. It’s important to point out that this is mostly a spoken language, and so words are often written phonetically (especially if they are just German words pronounced differently). That means their spellings may vary. Still, I hope you can get a sense from my posts of how Bairisch sounds and looks, and if you have any suggestions for how I could teach it more effectively on this blog, send them my way!

Also let me know how you get on with your understanding of this recipe. There’ll be some vocabulary at the bottom of the post to help you. And remember: Your reward for getting through the Bairisch is a stack of delicious, nutritious Pfannkuchen – or Bfannkuacha! 😀 So let’s get on with it!

Comments:

Thank you for posting Bairisch lessons!!! I live in a little village where the common language is Bairisch. While I am committed to learning Hochdeutsch first, I am also trying to gather as many Bairisch phrases and words as I can. My best friends speak Bairisch and have taught me a little. It is fun for me, though, to impress them with words I learn from your postings.

@Jane Caron Seruvs, Jane! Thank you so much for your comment! It’s really nice to hear that people are enjoying my posts. Just out of interest, what’s the name of the little village you live in? 🙂
Pfia God! 😉
Constanze